Analysis of Epitaph
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 (Ottery St Mary) – 1834 (Highgate)
Stop, Christian passer-by : Stop, child of God,
And read, with gentle breast. Beneath this sod
A poet lies, or that which once seem'd he--
O, lift one thought in prayer for S. T. C.--
That he who many a year with toil of breath
Found death in life, may here find life in death :
Mercy for praise--to be forgiven for fame--
He ask'd, and hoped through Christ. Do thou the same.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011111 0111010111 0101111111 1111011111 11110011111 1101111101 10111101011 1101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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